[Pansy-Mae]

I'm not at all sure I can answer your question tbh. I've seen many posters saying how much more feminine they feel and in the way they think and how much less aggressive they are, when taking phyto-estrogens of any type, and I've often wondered why I feel none of those effects at all.

The only explanation I've been able to come up with for myself, and I have absolutely no idea if it has any real basis, is that the degree of change that you are feeling depends on where you start on the masculine-feminine scale.

If I compare myself to what Chrissie has publicly written about herself ( I hope she doesn't mind, and I apologise profusely if I have misinterpreted anything you've said, Chrissie), then I get a sense of the old male Chrissie being " a man's man" - fast aggressive driving, tattoo's, sports, etc whereas all those things have always left me cold and I've always been happier in female company, I like sewing, shopping for clothes, etc.
So, just maybe, my basic makeup is so much closer to the feminine side that the effect of the herbs is much less noticeable in me than for a some other men. Whether that in turn means that I have a higher natural estrogen level or something, I don't honestly know and I have no intention of going for hormone level checks right now! All I can say in that dept is that many years ago I managed to produce two sons in the first month of trying each time, so that side of things was working fine!

For what its all worth.

Pansy Mae